Chapter 555 of the text Ma Xingkong and "Dream of Red Mansions"

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"Someone is coming, is it a hidden master who has appeared?"

Among the flowers, dozens of people, including Liu Xiaoer, Alpha Dog, Xiao Yichen, Gu Ash, and Ye Baizi, held their breath and stared intently at the Bodhi tree not far away. ￥f，

The footsteps got closer and closer, and at this moment, a gray figure swept down from the linden tree, jumped to the chessboard, looked at the layout on the chessboard, and after a while, began to fiddle with the chess pieces.

What is unbelievable is that this gray figure is not a hidden master, but a monkey

A gray monkey

The monkey stood under the linden tree, scratching its ears and cheeks as it cracked the game, and its reflexes were extremely agile, and after a few minutes, most of the holes in the game had been filled.

Seeing this scene, everyone was dumbfounded.

"This monkey is so strong," said Alpha Dog, "compared to this dog."

"Is the Hidden Master a monkey?" Gu Shen frowned.

"Go over and see. ”

Liu Xiaoer took the lead in getting up and swept towards the Bodhi tree, followed by Alpha Dog, Gu Gray, Black Girl, Hanging Silk, Li Dazui, Ye Baizi and others.

When everyone arrived at the foot of the linden tree, the gray monkey was startled, poofed, bounced up quickly, and was about to flee.

Liu Xiaoer's eyes were quick, and he grabbed the gray monkey, who struggled several times, but could not break free.

"Brother Monkey, don't be afraid, we won't hurt you. Liu Xiaoer said to the monkey in his hand, "You have cracked our chess game, and we have come to visit you." ”

The monkey's monkey eyes blinked, glanced at the crowd, and made a sharp voice: "Boom"

"It's talking about hair," Alpha Dog was puzzled.

Everyone looked at each other, and no one could understand the monkey's language.

At this moment, the monkey's paw suddenly stretched out and pointed to the western position.

Liu Xiaoer asked, "Brother Monkey." You're trying to get us to the west of the ladder of reincarnation."

The monkey nodded.

Everyone was amazed that this monkey could understand human speech

"Where does this monkey want to take us," Li said strangely.

"The monkey is so spiritual, it may be the pet of a reclusive person. Xiao Yichen speculated. "Will the monkey want to take us to meet its owner?"

Liu Xiaoer said: "Brother Monkey, since you are willing to lead the way." We'll go with you. ”

The monkey nodded again, paws still pointing in the direction of the west.

Everyone marched westward together, crossed a secluded path, bypassed a cluster of mountain rocks, and arrived at the west side of the Celestial Ladder of Reincarnation.

"Boo"

At this moment, the monkey suddenly screamed again, as if calling for help.

The crowd stopped and looked around. On both sides are hundreds of cliffs, which are extremely steep, and on the left side of the mountain road stands a stone monument.

An ancient poem is carved on the stele: "The body is a Bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror." Always wipe diligently, don't make dust. ”

Seeing this ancient poem, Xiao Yichen was stunned, he had been to this place once decades ago. It was after reading this ancient poem on the stele that he created the Bodhi Mirror Gong by himself.

"Could it be that there was really a master who guided me back then" Xiao Yichen realized it later, and he himself felt strange why he saw an ancient poem in this deep valley so coincidentally. Now that I think about it, someone must have done it deliberately

"Boo"

The monkey still kept barking, calling someone.

"The monkey barked for so long. Why is there still no one to come out" Alpha Dog thought for a while and shouted, "Hey, is the hidden master here, if you don't come out again, this dog will kill your monkey"

"Boom," the monkey suddenly screamed more urgently.

Unfortunately, no one showed up.

"The monkey brought us to this stele, is there any mystery in this stele?" said the sling.

Li Dazui glanced at the ancient poem on the stele and read: "The body is a Bodhi tree, and the heart is like a mirror." Wipe diligently. Don't let it get dusty. It's a good poem."

"What's so good about this poem"

Suddenly, an old, deep voice came.

Everyone was shocked.

Follow the prestige. I saw that on the reincarnation ladder in front of me, I don't know when an old man was already standing. Dressed in a gray monk's robe, he was an old monk, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes, a white beard, and deep wrinkles on his old face, holding a gray broom in both hands, bending slightly, and sweeping the dust on the ladder.

Seeing the old monk, the monkey suddenly called in excitedly, and it obviously knew the old monk who was sweeping the floor.

As soon as Liu Xiaoer's hands were loosened, the monkey immediately jumped out and jumped onto the old monk's shoulder.

Everyone looked at each other, this old monk was a hidden master

Liu Xiaoer said: "Senior, we inadvertently broke into this place, if there is any offense, please forgive me." ”

The old monk who swept the floor did not respond, he continued to sweep the ladder of reincarnation, sweeping down step by step, and each step was swept spotlessly.

After sweeping dozens of steps, the old monk swept to the stone tablet, suddenly stopped, looked at the stone tablet, and asked: "You just said that the ancient poems on the stone tablet are good poems, I don't know where it is good."

Everyone was stunned.

Hanging Silk commented: "This ancient Bodhi poem has a far-reaching artistic conception, thought-provoking, and makes it suddenly enlightened. ”

After listening, the old monk sighed softly and said, "Your appreciation is too poor. This ancient poem was written by a poor monk when he was young, and it is not worth mentioning. ”

Xiao Yichen was shocked, this ancient poem was actually the masterpiece of this old monk, and he hugged his fists and said: "Monk, you are too humble." In fact, the old man was inspired by this ancient Bodhi poem decades ago, and created his own Bodhi Mirror Gong, which benefited a lot. This Bodhi poem made the old man feel like an empowerment, and it is a rare good poem. ”

The old monk said: "You think it's a good poem, just because your realm is not enough." With that, the broom swept over the stele, and pieces of stone dust fell from the stele.

When the stone dust was swept away, another new ancient Bodhi poem appeared on the stone tablet: "Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a platform." There was nothing in the first place, where to stir up dust. ”

The old monk put away his broom and asked everyone: "What about this poem?"

Gu Shen stepped forward, looked at the stele carefully, and said: "Both poems are about Bodhi, however, this new poem advocates emptiness. It is formless, unaware and ignorant, and empty-minded. It seems to be a cut above the realm of "

The old monk nodded: "You are still a bit of a wise root." ”

The sling asked: "Senior, this ancient poem was also written by you"

The old monk shook his head: "This ancient poem was written by Ma Xingkong. ”

"Horse Walking"

Everyone looked at each other. No one has ever heard of this name.

"Who is Ma Xingkong, is it a horse" Alpha Dog's eyes widened, "Why are there so many awesome animals all of a sudden, they were monkeys before, and now they are horses, are they the same as this dog, they are all machines?"

The old monk said: "Ma Xingkong is not a horse, he is a scholar, he is the only scholar throughout the ages." ”

"The only reader" is puzzled. "Seniors, there are countless people who read books in the world, how can Ma Xingkong be the only one who reads"

The old monk said: "There are indeed many people who read, but they are all blind reading, and they don't understand the true meaning of reading at all. ”

Hearing this, everyone was not convinced.

The master of the love hall, Hei Niu, said: "Senior, we are disciples of the Eight Great Sects of Shulin, aren't we also scholars?"

The old monk said: "The Eight Great Sects are just a group of rabble who don't know how to read but like to be blind. ”

Many people were angry, and the old monk actually mocked the Eight Great Sects like this. It's too much.

The sling said: "Senior, why do you say that we don't know how to read, we just like to be blind, and we have been reading for more than 20 years." If you read no less than 10,000 novels, how can you not read them?"

The old monk said: "You don't seem to be convinced, the poor monk now takes out a random novel, you must not be able to read it." ”

"It's impossible for me to read all novels except science fiction." ”

"Is it?" the old monk said, looking at the gray monkey, "Xiaokong, you go and get that red novel." ”

The monkey blinked, and seemed to understand, poof. Leaping out of the way, leaping into the nearby flowers.

Not much. The monkey ran back from the flowers, holding a red book in his paws. On the cover is printed with three words: Dream of Red Mansions

"This novel called Dream of Red Mansions, you can read it now. The old monk said, "If anyone can read the Dream of Red Mansions, the poor monk will retract what he just said." ”

Hearing this, everyone gathered around, and their attention fell on the dream of Red Mansions.

"Dream of Red Mansions, what kind of novel is this?"

"I don't know, I haven't heard of it. ”

"Leave it alone, read it. ”

Dozens of people gathered around and flipped through the Dream of Red Mansions together. These people read very quickly, and in less than an hour, they had read all the Dream of Red Mansions.

"Senior, we've finished reading the novel. The black girl said, "Dream of Red Mansions is indeed a masterpiece, but we can still read it." ”

"Yes," the old monk asked, "then, tell me what kind of novel Dream of Red Mansions is?"

The black girl took the lead and said: "In the opinion of the younger generation, Dream of Red Mansions is a romance novel that tells the love story of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu and others. ”

Gu Ash put forward a different view: "Dream of Red Mansions seems to describe love, but it describes the changes of an era with points and faces. In the old man's opinion, Dream of Red Mansions should be a historical novel. ”

"Gu Zhangmen is reasonable, but I think Dream of Red Mansions is not just a historical novel. Gou gossip, "When I first read Dream of Red Mansions, I found that the tone of the author's description in the text was strikingly consistent with the content of the novel. The author knows everything about what happened in Dream of the Red Chamber, and he is not writing a novel, but about his own personal experience. This style of writing is very common in autobiographical novels. Therefore, I think Dream of Red Mansions is an autobiographical novel. ”

As soon as Gou gossip finished speaking, Ye Baizi said: "Mr. Gou is meticulous in his observations, and the little woman admires it." However, the little woman felt that Dream of Red Mansions might be an imperial novel, in which there were many female characters, flowers and moons, and beautiful women. Moreover, there are many ** plots in Dream of Red Mansions, such as Jia Rong's wife Qin Keqing, this Chu Chu and moving beauty has an affair with Jia Rong's father Jia Zhen**, the plot is royal and exciting, this kind of daughter-in-law and father-in-law ** is a classic mode in the imperial text. Therefore, I feel that Dream of Red Mansions is an imperial novel. ”

"Miss Ye's interpretation angle is indeed novel. However, I don't think that's the truth. At this time, Li Dazui, the head of the food novel school, said. "In my analysis, Dream of Red Mansions should be a food novel. In the Dream of Red Mansions. The author spends a lot of space describing the plot about food, such as birthday banquets, birthday banquets, birthday banquets, provincial family banquets, family banquets, wind reception banquets, poetry banquets, lantern riddle banquets, accord banquets, plum blossom banquets, begonia banquets, crab banquets, etc. In the 120 episodes of Dream of Red Mansions, there are more than 180 kinds of food, including 11 kinds of staple food ingredients, 31 kinds of dish ingredients, 17 kinds of dim sum, and 38 kinds of food. There are 8 kinds of drinks, 8 kinds of condiments, 30 kinds of fruits, 10 kinds of supplements, and 7 kinds of foreign foods. Like stewed elbow with ham, fresh bamboo shoot soup with ham, duck with dregs and goose paws, pheasant and cub soup, steamed duck stuffed with wine, fried wolfberry sprouts with oil and salt, milk poria cream, chestnut roasted pheasant, mooncakes with melon kernel oil pine pulp, rock sugar bird's nest porridge, cream pine hull roll cake, etc., are all better than the same. ”

Speaking of this, Li swallowed his saliva and said. "So, there is no doubt that Dream of Red Mansions is a food novel"

That's it. Some people say that the Dream of Red Mansions is a romance novel, some people say that the Dream of Red Mansions is a historical novel, some people say that the Dream of Red Mansions is an autobiographical novel, some people say that the Dream of Red Mansions is an imperial novel, and some people say that the Dream of Red Mansions is a food novel

There are different opinions, and the masters of each school of fiction have different ways of interpreting them.

When the crowd speaks. The old monk kept shaking his head, as if he was not very satisfied with these interpretations. He asked again, "Do you have any other opinions about the Red Dream Tower?"

Everyone was stunned. Could it be that having said all this, none of them is right?

"I think you're all wrong, Dream of Red Mansions isn't as complicated as you think. ”

At this time, Hanging Si expressed his opinion, "You all think of Dream of Red Mansions too deeply, this novel is actually not so cumbersome. Judging from this sling, Dream of Red Mansions is actually a garbage novel"

"Dream of Red Mansions is a garbage novel" Ye Baizi was puzzled, "No, although I think Dream of Red Mansions is an imperial novel, but it belongs to a high-quality imperial novel, which has a lot of connotation, how can it be a garbage novel?"

"The text of Dream of the Red Chamber is truly stunning, but that's why I say Dream of the Red Chamber is a garbage novel. The ancients had clouds, and the article was made by nature, and the magic hand got it. The best novels in the world are all written in one go, without any traces of carving. Obviously, Dream of Red Mansions does not belong to this kind of work. Judging from the text of Dream of Red Mansions, it can be seen that this novel has been repeatedly revised. I dare to pat my chest and say that the author of Dream of Red Mansions must have repeatedly deleted and revised this novel many times, carefully considering every sentence like a carving. This kind of repeatedly deleted work is too deliberate, too ingenious, lacking in spirituality, and not natural enough, as if it is a pretentious novel, which belongs to the inferior work. So, I think Dream of Red Mansions is a garbage novel and not worth mentioning. ”

Speaking of this, the sling looked at the old monk and asked, "Senior, this interpretation of this sling is correct, right?"

"Hehe" The old monk smiled faintly, looked at everyone, and said bluntly, "The poor monk is really not wrong, you people are all blind readers, and you don't understand fart, so you like to be blind." When I read something bullshit from a novel, I thought I understood the novel, and I began to talk nonsense. As far as you are a blind man touching an elephant at the reading level, you are also worthy of being called a reader."

Everyone was speechless for a while, the old monk's skill in firing the map cannon was not ordinary, and he scolded everyone as a dog in an instant.

"Each of you has read the Dream of Red Mansions once, but you have come to different conclusions, do you know why?" the old monk asked.

Gou gossiped: "I am ignorant, and I also ask my seniors for advice." ”

The old monk slowed down and said, "The novel is like a mirror, just like looking in a mirror. What kind of person you are, what kind of content you can see in the novel.

Hei Niu is a person from the romance novel school of love, so she saw love in the dream of Red Mansions and thought it was a romance novel;

Gu Ash is the head of the school of historical fiction, he is proficient in the laws of historiography, so he saw the ups and downs of history and the changes of the times in the Dream of Red Mansions, and thought that this was a historical novel.

Ye Baizi is a famous prostitute in Chunxian Pavilion and is proficient in imperial literary skills, so she saw lewd love in the dream of Red Mansions and thought that this was this imperial novel.

Gou Gossip is a paparazzi of the entertainment novel school, and he usually writes documentary biographical novels, so he saw the content of the documentary in Dream of Red Mansions and thought it was an autobiographical novel.

Li Dazui is the head of the food novel school, so he saw the way of food in the dream of Red Mansions and thought it was a food novel.

Dream of Red Mansions is like a mirror, it reflects the mirror image in your brain. What you have in your brain, you can see in the Dream of Red Mansions. ”

After a pause, the old monk looked at the sling and said, "As for the head of the sling, you think that Dream of Red Mansions is a garbage novel, which shows that you also have a lot of garbage in your head." ”

"Shameful.

"Although your comments on the Dream of Red Mansions are the Tao, your interpretations are all prejudices. The old monk said, "You are only interpreting this novel with your limited perspective, and what you see is only the tip of the iceberg of the novel, which is no different from a blind man touching an elephant." What you read in the novel is only your speculation, never the truth, just like the self-righteous frog at the bottom of the well, who never really understands the novel. Just ask, what qualifications do you have to be a reader, you can't read the connotation of a novel, you can only generalize it in a partial way, you have the face to call it a reader."

Everyone looked at each other.

Ye Baizi was curious: "Senior, what kind of novel is this Dream of Red Mansions, and how should you read it to understand it?"

"Horizontally, it is a peak on the side of the ridge, and the height is different from far and near. I don't know the true face of Lushan, only because I am in this mountain. At this time, Alpha Dog spoke, "You human beings have too narrow vision, and if you read it with this kind of one-line thinking, you will inevitably generalize." ”

Ye Baizi asked: "Alpha dog, you understand the Dream of Red Mansions"

Alpha Dog said: "This dog's imagination is so awesome, how can a dream of Red Mansions stump me." In this dog's opinion, this Dream of Red Mansions is not a novel that belongs to this world at all. ”

Everyone was stunned.

"What does it mean to be a novel that doesn't belong to this world?"

"Dream of Red Mansions does not belong to this world, where does it belong"

"Could it be that the Dream of Red Mansions is something outside the sky?"

There was a lot of talking.

The old monk cast an approving glance at the alpha dog: "Your dog is indeed much more witty than humans. ”

To be continued.